By Gina Gomez
July 15, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Another celebrity to join the “greatly exaggerated” death rumors list is “Herbie: Fully Loaded” actor Lindsay Lohan. Yesterday, the information site and encyclopaedia Wikipedia page of Lindsay Lohan suddenly read the death date of the actress as July 14, 2010. The revelation of such a news in one of the trusted sources shocked Lindsay Lohan fans and set the whole internet abuzz with rumors. The Lindsay Lohan fans were searching for the answers regarding the authenticity of the news.

The Wikipedia page of Lindsay Lohan read that the actress was active in entertainment from 1996 to 2010 and did not specify the cause of her death. The rumor was spread by one of the users who edit the reputed page of Wikipedia. The Wikipedia officials said that yesterday morning about 3 1/2 hours the Lindsay Lohan page was edited by the users and the officials blocked one of the users from editing the articles as the user’s account was being used only for “vandalism”. However, later the officials of Wikipedia changed the details.

A celebrity blog reported that as there was no authentic updates about the “Mean Girls” actress’ death, it was proved to be a rumor, a prank played by someone. The rumor of Lindsay Lohan’s death spread as a wild fire and in other social networking sites also users commented about her death. Even on the reputed web portals, video tributes for the troubled actress began appearing. Another website reported that Lindsay Lohan died of drug overdose which is absolutely not true. The celebrities along with their fame earns their haters who try to harm their reputation by spreading these kind of malicious rumors which are not only derogatory, but also condemnable.